Bandcamp

“I enjoy Bandcamp, but I'm going to have to axe it if it keeps up.”

“bandcamp laid off virtually all of their engineers a month or so back”

“It's often completely impossible to find an artist or album or song even when you type the exact name.”

“knowing that the music creators are getting a larger cut than Spotify would ever give them”

“It's artist focused and they have shows with DJs that focus on highlighting new releases.”

“The app and site are awful, and even finding stuff you've bought to play or download can be a nightmare”

“I went to her Bandcamp page and was able to listen to some tracks for free with zero friction.”

“Bandcamp is indeed really bad at suggesting things you’ll like”

“Discoverability and usability in general is godawful on bandcamp.”

“I wander around bandcamp and find stuff that isn't heavy metal, but enjoyable, so I buy it.”

“BC is probably the best platform for people who care to pay and support acts directly”

“have slowly felt more and more uncomfortable with it ever since the initial Epic acquisition”

“It's delightful to be able to just listen to something then hand the artist money and download the flac files.”

“If you want to support actual musicians, you can just buy their music directly.”

“I wish more musicians were on Bandcamp, and more authors sold e-books directly from their website.”

“Albums are usually ~$10 for high-fidelity digital downloads, and ~$25 gets you a vinyl record + the digital download.”

“has already demonstrated good will with the community steps up and builds something that would be a delight”

“i can usually find it on bandcamp or youtube without having to pay for a stream or two”

“having access to it whenever I want is entirely effortless and doesn't require anything beyond Bandcamp itself”

“It should be more like how Bandcamp pays artists (80% to the artists, 20% for Bandcamp)”

“If you actually want to support specific artists, you'd have to use Bandcamp or similar sites.”

“their trending charts which seem to be unpopular enough that it's not entirely controlled by marketing”

“the free/preview player doesn't have a volume control but the library player does”

“Tend to use Bandcamp mostly, they also waive their fee on purchases every first Friday of the month”

“you can select the genre and a sorting criteria and have very good control over the list”

“Bandcamp has given them more ability to make money off the actual sale of music”

“that is better than the front page, but still it takes a lot of effort”

“I absolutely don't agree that Bandcamp does recommendations well. To me, it seems like they don't personalize at all.”

“I made 90 Euros on Bandcamp in December and 0.08 Eurocent on all other streaming platforms together!”

“I'm still sad about the company's sale to Epic and then Songtradr”

“Bandcamp makes money from people who consciously avoided the streaming shitfest in favor of directly supporting the artists”

“Yeah or even better I buy the album on Bandcamp, then they get either 85% of the price, or 100% on "Bandcamp Friday".”

“Mostly I listen to new albums on Bandcamp, and if I like them enough, I buy them.”

“the process of buying high-quality, DRM-free MP3 music is as simple and straightforward as it can be”

“Really the only place where you can sell HQ audio on your own and that has an audience”

“I'll send you a real physical tape and you can _download_ high quality FLAC you own then.”

“moving out of the universe of royalty-based revenue is a huge step in the right direction”

“I agree that Bandcamp falls short in some of the social dimensions that it feels like it should do better at.”

“I buy everything on Bandcamp... when it's available there, which is increasingly not the case.”

“the feeling you get from directly supporting an artist when you purchase from Bandcamp.”